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Fijian Latui v Kagifa Samoa —LIVE— Sat 18th

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Steve Williams (59)
What

Rapid Rugby Pacific Showcase — Opening Match

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When
Saturday, 18 March 2019​

3:10 pm Fiji, NZ (UTC+12)
4:10 pm Samoa (UTC+13)
1:10 pm East Coast Elites (UTC+10)
11:10 am Perth, Honkers, Sinkers (UTC+8)

Countdown
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How

Australia
Free-to-air TV LIVE at SBS Viceland
Free stream LIVE at SBS On Demand and sbs.com.au
LIVE stream and on demand at Kayo Sports
LIVE on Fox Sports 507

Fiji
Free-to-air TV (on delay at 7.00 pm) Fiji One

New Zealand
Sky TV (on delay at 8.15 pm) Rugby Channel (Ch 64)

Asia

Rest of the World
LIVE stream here

Where
Churchill Park, Luatoka, Fiji​
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Who
Lineups
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Officials
Referee: Cameron Stone (NZ)​
AR1: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji), AR2: David Vosalevu (Fiji)​
TMO: Johnson Lee (Fiji)​
 

kiap

Steve Williams (59)
Agreed, RN.

Kagifa Samoa
  • Coach (I think) is Darryl Suasua ... Head Coach @ Counties Manakau, previously Black Ferns … + also Manu Samoa (Asst coach).
  • As well some Samoan-based players, there are a couple of Aus-Samoans in there with Ah-mu and David Feliuai Lene.
  • Training out of NZ so obviously a fair few Enzedders / PIs based in NZ.
  • Five Fijians. And there are five players carrying on in Rapid Rugby with this Kagifa team from the APDs, including four Tongans: Fosita, Fukofuka, Hala and Lokotui.
Fijian Latui
  • Squad is similar to the Drua who won the aussie "toast track" in the NRC 6 months ago.
  • All Fijian-based players. Coach is Senirusi Seruvakula (Fiji Warriors and Drua).
  • Favoured at home, I reckon.
Some re-posting in what I've put here, but IMO adds info for the match
 

WorkingClassRugger

David Codey (61)
Agreed, RN.

Kagifa Samoa
  • Coach (I think) is Darryl Suasua . Head Coach @ Counties Manakau, previously Black Ferns … + also Manu Samoa (Asst coach).
  • As well some Samoan-based players, there are a couple of Aus-Samoans in there with Ah-mu and David Feliuai Lene.
  • Training out of NZ so obviously a fair few Enzedders / PIs based in NZ.
  • Five Fijians. And there are five players carrying on in Rapid Rugby with this Kagifa team from the APDs, including four Tongans: Fosita, Fukofuka, Hala and Lokotui.
Fijian Latui

  • Squad is similar to the Drua who won the aussie "toast track" in the NRC 6 months ago.
  • All Fijian-based players. Coach is Senirusi Seruvakula (Fiji Warriors and Drua).
  • Favoured at home, I reckon.
Some re-posting in what I've put here, but IMO adds info for the match

Should be a good game.
 

kiap

Steve Williams (59)
Clear stream on SBS and a good crowd in

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Tries to McKee and Stewart

Kagifa 5-7 Latui

@ 7 minutes
 

kiap

Steve Williams (59)
100 metre power try to Samusamuvodre after a great long dummying run by Waqatabu! :)

19 - 7

@ 15 mins
 

kiap

Steve Williams (59)
Lam took advantage of the 15-on-13 and went over from short range for Kagifa

19 - 12 after 28 mins

Then Franki Malu got over the line for Kagifa ... but it's a TMO call of a knock on in a high-ish tackle

back to 15 on 15 now

It is physical encounter out there.
 

WorkingClassRugger

David Codey (61)
Lam took advantage of the 15-on-13 and went over from short range for Kagifa

19 - 12 after 28 mins

Then Franki Malu got over the line for Kagifa . but it's a TMO call of a knock on in a high-ish tackle

back to 15 on 15 now

It is physical encounter out there.


Maloney's bitching overlooks the fact you see dozens of those tackles go not penalized in every game. Malu went into the contact low and the Fijian tackler did what pretty much every professional Rugby players does in a similar position.
 

ForceFan

Chilla Wilson (44)
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Good first half of open rugby including a 9-pointer to Fiji.

Great to be able to watch it live streamed in Johannesburg on GRR website.
 

kiap

Steve Williams (59)
Maloney's bitching overlooks the fact you see dozens of those tackles go not penalized in every game. Malu went into the contact low and the Fijian tackler did what pretty much every professional Rugby players does in a similar position.
Agreed. Technically above the shoulder but you wouldn't say with massive menace

Still say the Fijians a bit lax on discipline, tho.

Good hard half of footy.

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kiap

Steve Williams (59)
AWESOME Fiji Latui try!

Half a dozen passes/ offloads and John Stewart scores!

Highlight of the game

31-29

65 minutes
 

kiap

Steve Williams (59)
Fosita with a penalty in front

One point ball game - Kagifa get back the lead!!

31-32

67 mins
 

ForceFan

Chilla Wilson (44)
Excellent opening game for the Pacific Showcase under the new GRR rules..

The Samoan side has had only limited time together but did very well against a typically explosive Fiji team.
 
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